The world's oldest person, Ms. Baines, died. She celebrated her 115th birthday with congratulations from Barack Obama, President of the United States. Over her life she lived through the terms of 21 US presidents.
Gertrude Baines passed away peacefully in her sleep at the Western Convalescent Hospital in Los Angeles, where she had lived for her last ten years. Emma Camanag, the hospital's leader said she was a respectable lady. "It is really an honor for the hospital to take care of her over the last 10 years and we will greatly miss her, It is just like we have lost a relative, " said Emma.
Ms. Baines, who was born in Shellman, Georgia, in 1894, had no living relatives. She grew up in the southern US during difficult times. During that time, African American people were required to use separate, often poor, public services. She married young and later divorced(離婚)．Her only child, a daughter, was born in 1909 and died of a terrible disease at the age of 18. Ms. Baines worked as a maid（女傭） in Ohio before moving to Los Angeles where she lived on her own until she was well over 100.
She once told an interviewer, "As to the secrets of long life, I do not have any disappointments in my own life."
She gained some fame when she voted for Mr. Obama in the US presidential election, saying she supported him "because he's for the colored people". It was only the second time in her life she had voted, the first time being for John F. Kennedy.
Ms. Baines became the world's oldest person in January. Japanese woman, Kama Chien, 114, has now taken over the title.
小題1:Ms, Baines voted for Mr. Obama because he______.
A．was very popular in the hospital
B．did good things for African Americans
C．did even better than John F. Kennedy
D．congratulated her on her birthday
小題2:It can be inferred(推斷) from the passage that______.
A．Ms. Baines didn't like any presidents except Mr. Obama and John F. Kennedy
B．Ms. Baines' daughter died many years before her husband
C．Japanese woman Kama Chien is the second oldest in the world now
D．a(chǎn) positive attitude towards life is the main secret of .Ms. Baines' long life
小題3:Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．Ms. Baines liked to live alone.
B．Ms. Baines died in a hospital in Los Angeles.
C．Ms. Baines and her husband had only one child.
D．Ms. Baines used to serve' others in Ohio.
小題4:The passage is mainly about ______.
A．how Ms, Baines lived for so long
B．why Ms. Baines voted for Mr. Obama
C．the world's oldest person, Ms. Baines
D．Ms. Baines and President Obama .

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:C

試題分析：這篇文章主要介紹了世界上最老的老人Ms. Baines慶祝了115歲生日，得到了奧巴馬總統(tǒng)的祝賀。Ms Baines去世了，現(xiàn)在日本女人Kama Chien，114歲，成了世界上最老的老人。
小題1:推理判斷題。根據(jù)She gained some fame when she voted for Mr. Obama in the US presidential election, saying she supported him "because he's for the colored people".句意：她在美國總統(tǒng)選舉時投票給奧巴馬，贏得了名聲。她說她支持他是因為他支持色種人。由此可知他為非裔美國人做好事。故選B。
小題2:推理判斷題。根據(jù)She once told an interviewer, "As to the secrets of long life, I do not have any disappointments in my own life."句意：有一次她告訴一個采訪者，“至于長命的秘訣的是我一生中沒有任何失望�！笨芍e極的人生態(tài)度是Ms Baines長命的主要秘訣。故選D。
小題3:推理判斷題。原文告訴我們她獨居是因為早年離婚，女兒18歲時死于疾病。并沒有說她喜歡獨居。故選A。
小題4:主旨大意題。這篇文章主要介紹了世界上最老的老人Ms. Baines。可知應(yīng)選C。
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